May/June 2020

Where science meets the spirit Story and Photographs by John Wolfe The unseen tug of our distant moon pulls the waters of the Cape Fear River to their highest crest, but only for a moment. Soon, [...]

The Perfect Ending One man’s awakening on the water By Nicholas A. White During my senior year at Clemson University, I lived in student housing on the wooded shores of Lake Hartwell. It was a [...]

In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many sites dropped their paywalls to allow unrestricted access. This likely won’t last forever, so don’t be surprised if the viewing at some [...]

Life after Shark Attack The remarkable spirit of Paige Winter By Dana Sachs Paige Winter: Survivor On June 2 of last year, a shark attacked you when you were in the ocean near Morehead City. How [...]

Hank Carter Hank Carter became interested in photography from a very early age, when his mother, an artist, encouraged him and his sister in their creative pursuits. “And I was lucky enough to [...]

A tight-knit group of Venus flytrap poachers find easy targets in local game lands, gardens and nurseries By Kevin Maurer North Carolina Wildlife Officer T.C. Stacy flipped on his police lights [...]

A Burger Done Right By Jason Frye Over the course of one week, the azaleas in my yard budded, bloomed and fell back to their deep summer green, sending up shoots here and there that begged me to [...]

Behind the proper facade of a dignified Queen Anne house lies a secret: a chic and comfortable boutique inn By William Irvine   •   Photographs By Rick Ricozzi In 1895, John Harriss Howe, a [...]

Never Cut Your Nails on Sunday And other peculiar remedies from our quaint American past By Nan Graham We are doing all we can to ward off our modern pandemic monster: COVID-19. Masks, social [...]

Coastal coyotes are now just part of the neighborhood By Virginia Holman   •   Photographs by Todd Pusser Afew months back, one of my neighbors in Carolina Beach turned on her kitchen light at [...]